Thiruvananthapuram: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has decided to initiate legal action against those dumping waste in the localities around the Thiruvananthapuram international airport. The authority is also planning to organise awareness campaigns and place advertisements to sensitise people to the bird hit threat to aircraft.FIRs will be registered against those dumping garbage. The issue figured in the Airfield Environment Management Committee (AEMC) that met recently under the chairmanship of Transport Principal Secretary Tom Jose. Rule 91 of the Indian Aircraft Act 1934 bans slaughtering and sale of fish and meat in the open and similar activities, which are likely to attract vultures or birds, in a 10-km radius of airports. A slew of measures by the AAI had helped bring down the number of bird hits from six in 2011-12 to four in 2012-13.
24/06/13 The Hindu
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24/06/13 The Hindu
